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When The Devil Doesn't Show (2013)

by Christine Barber(Favorite Author)

3.38 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1250004721 (ISBN13: 9781250004727)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Minotaur Books

series

Gil Montoya Mystery

review 1: I won this book for free from the Goodread's First Reads giveaway.This is the first book I have read by the author. My actual rating would be a 3.75/5. The first few chapters of the book start with a house fire with three corpses inside who were brutally tortured. The main characters, police officers, Gil and Joe are in charge of the case. The rest of the book is basically based on finding those responsible for the murders. This book seems to be number 3 of the series; it can be a stand alone book but I would of preferred reading the previous ones to learn a little bit more about the characters. I did enjoy Gil and Joe and found them to be likeable but the rest of the characters were kind of just there. I never felt like I got to learn a whole lot about them. I found the f... moreirst half of the book a little hard to get into. I think that was based on the numerous characters that were added that didn't seem to have a necessary place in the story. The second half went much smoother and I did not want to put the book down! I found the references to the history of New Mexico to be a little much at times. I enjoyed learning about the prison riot (I never knew that before and looked into it further afterwards), but a lot of the other history dragged on a bit. I also didn't mind the ending (I read that other people felt it was incomplete). I liked that it didn't end in the typical norm like most crime stories. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone that enjoys an easy going mystery/crime. I would buy books from the author and look forward to reading some of her other work.
review 2: This seeries, writen by someone who has won the Tony Hillerman award, is set in Santa Fe and deals with issues realted to culture, Native Americans, and New Mexico very well--there is a nice blend of the murder mystery and the personal in the book as well, which I personally like very much. The police detectives are Gil Montoya and Joe--they are working a series of deadly home invasions, trying to find out who is responsible for some escalating violence related to them. The book also includes Lucy, a volunteer fire fighter who is battling a serious alcohol problem, who also notes some things that are of interest in terms of who might be responsible. Enjoyable, especially if you love the setting of the southwest. less

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